Hartola
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municipality in the region of Päijänne Tavastia in Finland
Key facts
- Country
- Finland
- Region
- Päijät-Häme
- Sub region
- Heinola
- Municipal manager
- Raija Peltonen
- Total
- 2,401
- Rank
- 234th largest in Finland
- Density
- 0/km (0/sq mi)
- Finnish
- 96% (official)
- Others
- 4%
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 ( EET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+03:00 ( EEST )
- Website
- hartola .fi
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Hartola (Swedish: Gustav Adolfs) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Itä-Häme, Päijät-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 2,401 (31 December 2025), which make it the smallest municipality in Päijät-Häme in terms of population. It covers an area of 675.38 square kilometres (260.77 sq mi) of which 132.18 km (51.03 sq mi) is water. The population density is 4.42 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.4/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Heinola, Joutsa, Luhanka, Pertunmaa and Sysmä.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also known as "Gustav Adolfs" in Swedish. Hartola is home to the Itä-Hämeen Museo, the regional museum for seven municipalities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hartola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.